Now in its third year, the annual TIFF Soirée quickly has become one of the City’s marquee events. The Party, which this year kicks off the 41st edition of the world’s greatest Film Festival, TIFF, takes place once again at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender follows the footsteps of Al Pacino and Natalie Portman to take the stage before a select few journalists, VIPs glamorous Soirée guests Wednesday, September 7, 2016 to reflect on his meteoric rise to fame. A fabulous cocktail party under the stars is to follow.
Fassbender, a graduate of London’s prestigious Drama Centre, has riveted audiences with acclaimed work in Films like Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave, the X-Men Franchise and of course his Oscar-nominated work in 2015’s Steve Jobs. He next can be seen in Alien: Covenant, Assassin’s Creed, The Snowman and this month in The Light Between Oceans.
With tickets starting at $300, you too can be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Hosting Packages also are available, but time is limited. For more details on this year’s TIFF Soirée, click here.
Fassbender has long been on our radar as one to watch and we’ll never forget meeting him the first time!
Premiering at TIFF ’16, a brand new Trailer has just surfaced for what looks like an emotional ride, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
Synopsis:
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of Kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.
See the Trailer:
eOne Films release LION Friday, November 25, 2016.
(Photo/video credit: eOne Films)
It’s our favourite time of the year and the greatest Film Festival in the universe! Guests announcements for #TIFF16 were made earlier today and with several familiar returning faces, we are excited to see new emerging names in the City for the first time.
Filmmakers, creators and Artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Shirley Abraham, Gabriel Abrantes, Rebecca Addelman, Maren Ade, Kemi Adetiba, Hamid Ahmadi, Niyi Akinmolayan, Mounia Akl, Mahmoud al Massad, Francisca Alegría, Izer Aliu, Raja Amari, Ana Lily Amirpour, Juan Andrés Arango, Benedict Andrews, Raúl Arévalo, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Andrea Arnold, Amma Asante, Olivier Assayas, Claude Barras, Gerard Barrett, J.A. Bayona, Ruth Beckermann, Otto Bell, Emil Ben Shimon, Houda Benyamina, Emmanuelle Bercot, Peter Berg, Brigitte Berman, Vincent Biron, Rod Blackhurst, Emily Kai Bock, Bertrand Bonello, Boo Junfeng, Elena Brodach, Charlie Brooker, Ryszard Bugajski, Nanette Burstein, John Butler, Terril Calder, Antonio Campos, Nick Cannon, Lucía Carreras, Joseph Cedar, Damien Chazelle, Jay Cheel, Jim Chuchu, Noel Clarke, Joe Cobden, Barney Cokeliss, Kasper Collin, Eleanor Coppola, Daouda Coulibaly, Tizza Covi, María José Cuevas, Andreas Dalsgaard, Axel Danielson, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Julie Dash, Kief Davidson, Terence Davies, Hubert Davis, Garth Davis, Mijke de Jong, Manuela de Laborde, Nicholas de Pencier, Bavo Defurne, Guillermo del Toro, Emilie Deleuze, Samuel M. Delgado, Zeki Demirkubuz, Jonathan Demme, Mathieu Denis, Arnaud des Pallières, Mamadou Dia, Lav Diaz, Hope Dickson Leach, Katherine Dieckmann, Xavier Dolan, Alexandre Dostie, Sotiris Dounoukos, Julia Ducournau, Michael Dudok de Wit, Martin Edralin, Tony Elliott, Anne Émond, Petra Epperlein, Amat Escalante, Kevin Jerome Everson, Sofia Exarchou, Philippe Falardeau, Asghar Farhadi, Guetty Felin, Feng Xiaogang, Ryan Ferko, Bayu Prihantoro Filemon, Lee Filipovski, Lorcan Finnegan, Ann Marie Fleming, Tom Ford, Marc Forster, Mirrah Foulkes, James Franco, Thierry Frémaux, Kelly Fremon Craig, Kevan Funk, Antoine Fuqua, Sidney J. Furie, Cyprien Gaillard, Vincent Gallagher, Vikram Gandhi, Iván D. Gaona, Víctor Gaviria, Chris Gehman, Janie Geiser, Matteo Gentiloni, Terry George, Hugh Gibson, Alan Gilsenan, Tess Girard, Helena Girón, Philip Gnadt, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Douglas Gordon, Lutz Gregor, Christopher Guest, Steve Gukas, Tony Guma, Fernando Guzzoni, Nick Hamm, Maysaloun Hamoud, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Owen Harris, Erin Heidenreich, Rasmus Heisterberg, Werner Herzog, Walter Hill, Peter Huang, Bronwen Hughes, Štepán Hulík, Eimi Imanishi, Mick Jackson, Benoît Jacquot, Steve James, Jim Jarmusch, François Jaros, Barry Jenkins, Garth Jennings, Matt Johnson, Susan Johnson, Fariborz Kamkari, Björn Kämmerer, Jamie Kastner, Rahmatou Keïta, Amanda Kernell, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Kim Sung-soo, Kim Jee woon, Michael Koch, Jan Koester, Nina Könnemann, Martin Koolhoven, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Baltasar Kormákur, Kristina Kumric, Zacharias Kunuk, Juho Kuosmanen, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Ladkani, Joachim Lafosse, Patrice Laliberté, Rachel Lambert, Pablo Larraín, Pier-Luc Latulippe, Simon Lavoie, Oliver Laxe, Carlos Lechuga, Lee Chung-hyun, Sang-il Lee, Alex Lehmann, Adam Leon, Fernando León de Aranoa, Laida Lertxundi, David Leveaux, Sharon Lockhart, Kenneth Lonergan, Greg Loser, Ariane Louis-Seize, Alice Lowe, Sergei Loznitsa, Johnny Ma, Alison Maclean, Amit Madheshiya, Sheetal Magan, Anna Maguire, Abba Makama, Eden Mallina Awashish, Vitaly Mansky, Mbithi Masya, Leo Matsuda, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Jay McCarrol, Colm McCarthy, Bruce McDonald, Brian McGinn, Molly McGlynn, Ewan McGregor, Katherin McInnis, Ashley McKenzie, Greg McLean, Juan Carlos Medina, Stella Meghie, Deepa Mehta, Richie Mehta,Dilip Mehta, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brillante Ma Mendoza, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Sophie Michael, Eva Michon, Milos Mitrovic, Alexey Mizgirev, Caroline Monnet, Peter Monsaert, Martín Morgenfeld, Nathan Morlando, Errol Morris, April Mullen, Cristian Mungiu, Mira Nair, Joyce A. Nashawati, Avi Nesher, Kim Nguyen, Jeff Nichols, Elizabeth Nichols, Miwa Nishikawa, Tomonari Nishikawa, Marie Noëlle, George Nolfi, Khyentse Norbu, Ryan Noth, Johannes Nyholm, Omoni Oboli, Alanis Obomsawin, Izu Ojukwu, William Oldroyd, Akin Omotoso, Clive Oppenheimer, Daniel Emeke Oriahi, André Øvredal, François Ozon, Thanos Papastergiou, Park Chan-wook, Nate Parker, Goran Paskaljevic, Uduak-Obong Patrick, Fred Peabody, Raoul Peck, Yanillys Perez, Osgood Perkins, Ralitza Petrova, Madi Piller, Matías Piñeiro, Alex Pitstra, Josh Polon, Julia Pott, Katell Quillévéré, Mateusz Rakowicz, Khushboo Ranka, Raphaël, Deepak Rauniyar, Charlotte Regan, Kelly Reichardt, Rob Reiner, Camilo Restrepo, Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, Jordan Roberts, Wayne Roberts, Chloé Robichaud, João Pedro Rodrigues, John Rose, Gianfranco Rosi, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Damon Russell, Mahmoud Sabbagh, Dain Iskandar Said, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Carlos Saura, Angela Schanelec, John Scheinfeld, Lone Scherfig, Paul Schrader, Süheyla Schwenk, Ivan Sen, Ena Sendijarevic, Konkona Sensharma, Albert Serra, Dash Shaw, Jim Sheridan, Vinay Shukla, George Sikharulidze, Justin Simms, Or Sinai, Michelle Sinclair, Adrian Sitaru, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Sarah Adina Smith, Brett Smith, Adam Smith, Gastón Solnicki, Joshua Gen Solondz, Jill Soloway, Morgan Spurlock, Kimo Stamboel, Kelton Stepanowich, Fisher Stevens, Oliver Stone, Stephan Streker, Amanda Strong, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Robin Swicord, Lee Tamahori, Alisi Telengut, Timo Tjahjanto, Thyrone Tommy, Timothy Barron Tracey, Pete Travis, Jonathan Tremblay, Fien Troch, Michael Tucker, Onur Tukel, Marie-Hélène Turcotte, Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Matt Tyrnauer, Dawid Ullgren, Natar Ungalaaq, Theodore Ushev, Yesim Ustaoglu, Petr Vaclav, Lukas Valenta Rinner, Maximilien Van Aertryck, Nicole van Kilsdonk, Agnès Varda, Alberto Vázquez, Fabian Velasco, Paul Verhoeven, Nicholas Verso, Nacho Vigalondo, Selma Vilhunen, Thomas Vinterberg, Žiga Virc, Orlando von Einsiedel, Aisling Walsh, Haya Waseem, Ben Wheatley, Mark Williams, Eduardo Williams, Tin Win Naing, Adam Wingard, Wong Chun, Walter Woodman, Joe Wright, Mickey Yamine, Mohanad Yaqubi, Ben Younger, Midi Z, Ivan Zachariáš, Elite Zexer, Zhang Yang, Maya Zinshtein, Sanja Zivkovic, Rebecca Zlotowski, and Obaidah Zytoon.
Actors:
Hiam Abbass, Christopher Abbott, Olusola Abiodun Sobowale, Terri Abney, Jared Abrahamson, Amy Adams, Ilias Addab, Casey Affleck, Kunle Afolayan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ijeoma Agu, Riz Ahmed, Aisholpan, Bimbo Akintola, Fatima Al Banawi, James Alexander, Niamh Algar, Mahershala Ali, Almagul, Nai An, Penelope Ann Miller, Dean Armstrong, Gemma Arterton, Lior Ashkenazi, Charlotte Aubin, Judith Audu, Bob Balaban, Christian Bale, Nathalie Baye, Vanessa Bayer, Kristoffer Bech, Paul Beer, Laurent Bélanger, Maria Bello, Jim Belushi, Zachary Bennett, Haley Bennett, Shaun Benson, Vansh Bhardwaj, Alexandra Billings, Janki Bisht, Matt Bomer, Mark Boone Jr., Douglas Booth, Sônia Braga, James Browne, Kristian Bruun, Joe Dion Buffalo, Gerard Butler, Sara Canning, Cecilia Cantú, Babou Ceesay, Caylin Cervetti, Kyle Chandler, Wes Chatham, Mandy May Cheetham, Gang Chen, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Alli Chung, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Claflin, Raymond Coalson, Joakim Cohen, Bern Cohen, Jennifer Connelly, Olivia Cooke, Sharlto Copley, Ben Cotton, Jai Courtney, Emily Coutts, Bryan Cranston, Ángeles Cruz, Valorie Curry, Da Peng, Bryce Dallas Howard, Matt Damon, Mackenzie Davis, Dayahang Rai, Rossy de Palma, Dane DeHaan, Joseph DeLorey, Lily-Rose Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ifeanyi Dike, Coleman Domingo, Rita Dominic, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tshering Dorji, Anne Dorval, Iretiola Doyle, Adam Driver, Kate Drummond, Jay Duffy, Moe Dunford, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Trine Dyrholm, Scott Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart, Joel Edgerton, Taron Egerton, Bassey-Inyang Ekpenyong Edet, Nora El Koussour, Jenna Elfman, Aunjanue Ellis, Mireille Enos,
Julie Estelle, Adesua Etomi, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Veronica Ezell, Hisham Fageeh, Fan Bingbing, Dakota Fanning, Golshifteh Farahani, Vera Farmiga, Michael Fassbender, Petr Fedorov, Colm Feore, Veronica Ferres, R.J. Fetherstonhaugh, Daniel Allen Frazier Jr., Nicholas Galitzine, Gael García Bernal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Jennifer Garner, Richard Gere, Okeke Gideon Echezonachi, Grace Glowicki, Luis Gnecco, Mara Goldbloom, Tito Alexander Gómez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Lou Gossett Jr., Chris Greene, Jayden Greig, Luke Grimes, Hannah Gross, Guo Tao, Jackie Earle Haley, Rebecca Hall, Jamie Hallahan, Armie Hammer, Han Ji min, Sarra Hannachi, Woody Harrelson, Naomie Harris, Anne Hathaway, Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Maxwell Haynes, Anne Heche, Lucas Hedges, Dwight Henry, Callie Hernandez, Alex Hibbert, Odai Hijazi, Gaby Hoffmann, André Holland, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Hudson, Emma Hunter, Holly Hunter, Isabelle Huppert, Somkele Idhalama, Oscar Isaac, Chelsea Islan, Tudor Aaron Istodor, Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama, Lily James, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Blake Jenner, Suman Jha, Scarlett Johansson, Karan Johar, Felicity Jones, Rashida Jones, Ju Ji-hoon, Ashley Judd, Jung Woo-sung, Tori Kelly, Ellie Kendrick, Marwan Kenzari, Riley Keough, Nicole Kidman, Nina Kiri, Hailey Kittle, Shannon Kook, Lawrence Krauss, Nick Kroll, Kwak Do-won, Shia LaBeouf, Amy Landecker, Sasha Lane, Diane Lane, Brie Larson, Guillaume Laurin, Mark Lavery, Charlotte Le Bon, Jean-Simon Leduc, Byung-Hun Lee, Sidney Leeder, Alexis Lefebvre, John Legend, David Lennon, Melissa Leo, Justin LeRoy, Shane Leydon, Sadon Lhamo, Boguslaw Linda, McCaul Lombardi, Alison Louder, Chris Lowell, Jane Lynch, Lewis MacDougall, Mylène Mackay, Bhreagh MacNeil, Spencer MacPherson, Asha Magrati, Rami Malek, John Malkovich, Maria Mamona, Darren Mann, Rooney Mara, Lyndsey Marshal,Tatiana Maslany, Vikrant Massey, Kari Matchett, Jason Maza, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew McConaughey, James Allen McCune, Ufuoma Stacey McDermott, Paul McGillion, Don McKellar, Alan McKenna, Colm Meaney, Jonas Mekas, Ben Mendelsohn, Aoi Miyazaki, Richard Mofe Damijo, Chidi Mokeme, Janelle Monáe, Ritchie Montgomery, Chloë Grace Moretz, William Moseley, Elisabeth Moss, Kathleen Munroe, Madina Nalwanga, Aja Naomi King, Ruth Negga, Sophie Nélisse, Tim Blake Nelson, Sylvia Ngozi Ezeokafor, Bill Nighy, Cynthia Nixon, Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Nurgaiv, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Thomas Olajide, Perrie Olthuis, Ahna O’Reilly, Fionn O’Shea, David Oyelowo, Dev Patel, Kimberly Patterson, Sarah Paulson, Bill Paxton, Jim Piddock, Andrew Pimento, Christopher Plummer, Natalia Polo, Iggy Pop, Natalie Portman, Parker Posey, Bel Powley, Chris Pratt, Florence Pugh, Ella Purnell, Zachary Quinto, Tahar Rahim, Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Renner, Jack Reynor, Trevante Rhodes, Haley Lu Richardson, Sam Riley, Nadeem Rimawi, Jason Ritter, Dylan Roberts, Wes Robinson, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Rodriguez, Gabrielle Rose, Kate Ross, Constance Rousseau, Julia Roy, Kurt Max Runte, Kurt Russell, Katey Sagal, Samer Salem, Emmanuel Salinger, Ashton Sanders, Jagjeet Sandhu, Angela Sarafyan, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Schnetzer, Liev Schreiber, Andrew Scott, Esther Scott, Martin Sensmeier, Léa Seydoux, Michael Shannon, Pablo Sigal, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Linnea Skog, Michael Smiley, Roger Guenveur Smith, Timothy Spall, Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mary Steenburgen, Hailee Steinfeld, Isaiah Stone, Emma Stone, Julia Sarah Stone, Yvonne Strahovski, Michael Stuhlbarg , Jason Sudeikis, Sunny Pang, Mihály Szabados, Hayden Szeto, Jeffrey Tambor, Noah Taylor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Devon Terrell, Ahmad Thaher, Charlize Theron, Justin Timberlake, Phoebe Tonkin, Ian Tracey, Jacob Tremblay, Gabrielle Tremblay, Kreesha Turner, Callum Turner, Adriana Ugarte, Masai Ujiri, OC Ukeje, Gaspard Ulliel, Gabrielle Union, Iko Uwais, Marni Van Dyk, Grace Van Patten, Emily VanCamp, Sara Vertongen, Arnaud Viard, Visra Vichit-Vadakan, Mark Wahlberg, Clive Walton, Yusra Warsama, Denzel Washington, Ken Watanabe, Suki Waterhouse, Naomi Watts, Sigourney Weaver, Rachel Weisz, Banky Wellington, David Wenham, Marilla Wex, Josh Wiggins, Tom Wilkinson, Wim Willaert, Michelle Williams, Annie Williams, Rod Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Susan Yeagley, Ivan Zacharias, and Zhang Ziyi.
#TIFF16 runs Thursday, September 8 through Sunday, September 18, 2016.
Happy stargazing!!
It’s 21 days till TIFFmas and part of the fun is that lead-up to the world’s greatest Film Festival! Announcements were made in July at TIFF Bell Lightbox for some of the Films premiering at TIFF ’16 this September, including Galas and Special Presentations. Week by week, more Films were unveiled including Canadian titles Documentaries, Midnight Madness, Vanguard and City to City Programme Films were announced!
Highlighting the Festival this year are marquee titles and Awards Season contenders like the much-delayed SNOWDEN from Oliver Stone, DEEPWATER HORIZON from Peter Berg, PATERSON from Jim Jarsmuch, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS from Fashion Icon and Filmmaker Tom Ford, Venice Opening Night Film LA LA LAND by Damien Chazzelle who brought us 2014’s stellar WHIPLASH, QUEEN OF KATWE gives us a rare Disney selection from Mira Nair, LBJ from Rob Reiner, ARRIVAL from Canadian darling Denis Villeneuve, BIRTH OF A NATION by Actor/Director Nate Parker, PERSONAL SHOPPER from Festival darling Olivier Assayas, AMERICAN HONEY comes with much fanfare from Andrea Arnold, and highly-buzzed LOVED from Jeff Nichols.
Veering to the dark, Films like disaster flick COLOSSAL starring Anne Hathaway, dystopian cannibal Fairy Tale THE BAD BATCH, Adam Wingard‘s BLAIR WITCH and FREE FIRE starring Brie Larson, will premiere as part of the Vanguard and Midnight Madness Programmes!
Although not confirmed yet if he’ll be coming, many eyes will be on Documentary THE TURNING POINT which has Leonardo DiCaprio interviewing various subjects, shedding light how society can save endangered species, ecosystems and native communities. AMANDA KNOX also will draw plenty of attention, giving us never-before-seen footage and accounts with those close to her much-publicized story.
Opening the Festival this year is Antoine Fuqua‘s THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and closing it will be coming-of-age Dramedy EDGE OF SEVENTEEN by Kelly Fremon Craig. Lucky number 7 is rather prevalent at #TIFF41!
Canadian titles announced include IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD from auteur Xavier Dolan, BELOW HER MOUTH from April Mullen, MEAN DREAMS from Nathan Morlando, TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR from Kim Nguyen, WEIRDOS from Bruce McDonald and Animated Feature WINDOW HORSES from Ann Marie Fleming. As part of the Masters Program, Deepa Mehta‘s ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE also will get a World Premiere.
Jim Jarsmuch, Isabelle Huppert, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon and David Oyelowo will be front and center at the Festival this year, each with two Films apiece. Michael Fassbender will be kicking the Festival off appearing at the annual TIFF Soirée at Lightbox. He stars in TRESPASS AGAINST US which will get its World Premiere at TIFF ’16.
Lagos, Nigeria has been announced as the City of focus at the Festival’s City to City Programme, showcasing Filmmakers living in that City.
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe and Pharrell Williams will appear at a special presentation of Theodore Melfi’s HIDDEN FIGURES LIVE which will for the first-time give TIFF members a chance to see footage from the upcoming Feature, followed by a live performance.
For the second time, TIFF presents its PRIMETIME Programme, focusing on Television. Episodes of series TRANSPARENT, BLACK MIRROR, WASTELAND and TUKO MACHO will be screening this year.
Here are some highlights from the first batch of TIFF ’16 Films announced:
“Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve, USA, Canadian Premiere
“Deepwater Horizon,” Peter Berg, USA, World Premiere
“The Headhunter’s Calling,” Mark Williams, Canada, World Premiere
“The Journey is the Destination,” Bronwen Hughes, United Kingdom/South Africa, World Premiere
“JT + The Tennessee Kids,” Jonathan Demme, USA, World Premiere
“LBJ,” Rob Reiner, USA, World Premiere
“Lion,” Garth Davis, Australia, World Premiere
“Loving,” Jeff Nichols, USA, North American Premiere
“A Monster Calls,” J.A. Bayona, USA/Spain, World Premiere
“Planetarium,” Rebecca Zlotowski, France/Belgium, North American Premiere
“Queen of Katwe,” Mira Nair, South Africa/Uganda, World Premiere
“The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé! : A Trip Across Latin America,” Paul Dugdale, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Secret Scripture,” Jim Sheridan, Ireland, World Premiere
“Snowden,” Oliver Stone, Germany/USA, World Premiere
“Strange Weather,” Katherine Dieckmann, USA, World Premiere
“Their Finest,” Lone Scherfig, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“A United Kingdom,” Amma Asante, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Age of Shadows” (Miljeong), Kim Jee woon, South Korea, North American Premiere
“All I See Is You,” Marc Forster, Thailand, World Premiere
“American Honey,” Andrea Arnold, USA, North American Premiere
“American Pastoral,” Ewan McGregor, USA, World Premiere
“Asura: The City of Madness,” Kim Sung-soo, South Korea, World Premiere
“Barakah Meets Barakah” (Barakah yoqabil Barakah), Mahmoud Sabbagh, Saudi Arabia, North American Premiere
“Barry,” Vikram Gandhi, USA, World Premiere
“Birth of the Dragon,” George Nolfi, USA/China/Canada, World Premiere
“The Birth of a Nation,” Nate Parker, USA, International Premiere
“Bleed for This,” Ben Younger, USA, Canadian Premiere
“Blue Jay,” Alex Lehmann USA, World Premiere
“Brimstone,” Martin Koolhoven, Netherlands/Germany/France/Belgium/Sweden/United Kingdom, North American Premiere
“Brotherhood,” Noel Clarke, United Kingdom, International Premiere
“Carrie Pilby,” Susan Johnson, USA, World Premiere
“Catfight,” Onur Tukel, USA, World Premiere
“City of Tiny Lights,” Pete Travis, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Commune” (Kollektivet), Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands, North American Premiere
“Daguerrotype” (Le Secret de la chambre noire), Kiyoshi Kurosawa, France/Japan/Belgium, World Premiere
“A Death in the Gunj,” Konkona Sensharma, India, World Premiere
“Denial,” Mick Jackson, USA/United Kingdom, World Premiere
“Elle,” Paul Verhoeven, France, North American Premiere
“Foreign Body” (Jassad Gharib, Corps Etranger), Raja Amari, Tunisia/France, World Premiere
“Frantz,” François Ozon, France/Germany, Canadian Premiere
“The Handmaiden” (Agassi), Park Chan-wook, South Korea, North American Premiere
“Harmonium” (Fuchi ni tatsu), Kôji Fukada, Japan/France, North American Premiere
“I Am Not Madame Bovary,” Feng Xiaogang, China, World Premiere
“The Journey,” Nick Hamm, United Kingdom, North American Premiere
“King of the Dancehall,” Nick Cannon, USA/Jamaica, World Premiere
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle, USA, Canadian Premiere
“The Limehouse Golem,” Juan Carlos Medina, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan, USA, Canadian Premiere
“Mascots,” Christopher Guest, USA, World Premiere
“Maudie,” Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland, Canadian Premiere
“Neruda,” Pablo Larraín, Chile/Argentina/Spain/France, Canadian Premiere
“Nocturnal Animals,” Tom Ford, USA/United Kingdom, North American Premiere
“The Oath,” Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland, World Premiere
“Orphan” (Orpheline), Arnaud des Pallières, France, World Premiere
“Paris Can Wait,” Eleanor Coppola, USA, World Premiere
“Paterson,” Jim Jarmusch, USA, North American Premiere
“The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, North American Premiere
“Salt and Fire,” Werner Herzog, Germany/USA/France/Mexico, North American Premiere
“Sing,” Garth Jennings, USA/France, World Premiere
“Souvenir,” Bavo Defurne, Belgium/Luxembourg/France, North American Premiere
“Things to Come” (L’Avenir), Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany, Canadian Premiere
“Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, Germany, Canadian Premiere
“Trespass Against Us,” Adam Smith, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“Una,” Benedict Andrews, United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
“Unless,” Alan Gilsenan, Canada/Ireland, World Premiere
“The Wasted Times” (Luo Man Di Ke Xiao Wang Shi) Cheng Er, China, World Premiere
Second batch of announcements:
“A Cool Sound from Hell,” Sidney J. Furie, Canada
“nirvanna the band the show,” Matt Johnson, Canada, World Premiere
“Nelly,” Anne Émond, Canada, World Premiere
“X Quinientos Juan Andrés Arango,” Canada/Colombia/Mexico, World Premiere
“Boundaries,” Chloé Robichaud, Canada, World Premiere
“Werewolf,” Ashley McKenzie, Canada, World Premiere
“Prank,” Vincent Biron, Canada, World Premiere
“Old Stone,” Johnny Ma, Canada/China, World Premiere
“Jean of the Joneses,” Stella Meghie, Canada, Canadian Premiere
“Hello Destroyer,” Kevan Funk, Canada, World Premiere
“ARQ,” Tony Elliott, USA/Canada, World Premiere
“The Stairs,” Hugh Gibson, Canada, World Premiere
“The Skyjacker’s Tale,” Jamie Kastner, Canada, World Premiere
“The River of My Dreams,” Brigitte Berman, Canada, World Premiere
“Mostly Sunny,” Dilip Mehta, Canada, World Premiere
“Giants of Africa,” Hubert Davis, Canada, World Premiere
“Black Code,” Nicholas de Pencier, Canada, World Premiere
“All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and The Spirit of I.F. Stone,” Fred Peabody, Canada, World Premiere
“We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice,” Alanis Obomsawin, Canada, World Premiere
“Anatomy of Violence,” Deepa Mehta, Canada/India, World Premiere
“Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming),” Ann Marie Fleming, Canada, North American Premiere
“Weirdos,” Bruce McDonald, Canada, World Premiere
“Two Lovers and a Bear Kim,” Nguyen, Canada, North American Premiere
“Mean Dreams,” Nathan Morlando, Canada, North American Premiere
“It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, Canada/France, North American Premiere
“Below Her Mouth,” April Mullen, Canada, World Premiere
Third batch of Films including Documentary, Midnight Madness and Vanguard Programmes:
“The 6th Beatle,” Tony Guma and John Rose, USA/United Kingdom/Germany, World Premiere
“ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, USA World Premiere
“Amanda Knox,” Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst, USA/Denmark, World Premiere
“An Insignificant Man,” Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, India, World Premiere
“The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography,” Errol Morris, USA, International Premiere
“Beauties of the Night María,” José Cuevas, Mexico, Canadian Premiere
“Bezness as Usual,” Alex Pitstra, Netherlands, North American Premiere
“Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary,” John Scheinfeld, USA. International Premiere
“The Cinema Travellers,” Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya, India, North American Premiere
“Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” Matt Tyrnauer, USA, World Premiere
“Forever Pure,” Maya Zinshtein, Israel/United Kingdom/Ireland/Norway, International Premiere
“Gaza Surf Club,” Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine, Germany, World Premiere
“Gimme Danger,” Jim Jarmusch, USA, North American Premiere
“Girl Unbound,” Erin Heidenreich, Pakistan/Canada/Hong Kong/South Korea, World Premiere
“I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, USA/France/Belgium/Switzerland, World Premiere
“India in a Day,” Richie Mehta, India/United Kingdom, International Premiere
“In Exile Tin Win Naing,” Germany/Myanmar, World Premiere
“Into the Inferno,” Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, United Kingdom/Austria, International Premiere
“The Ivory Game Kief,” Davidson and Richard Ladkani, Austria/USA, International Premiere
“Karl Marx City,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker, USA/Germany, World Premiere
“Mali Blues,” Lutz Gregor, Germany North, American
“Politics, Instructions Manual (Política, manual de instrucciones),” Fernando León de Aranoa, Spain, International Premiere
“Rodnye (Close Relations),” Vitaly Mansky, Latvia/Germany/Estonia/Ukraine, North American Premiere
“The Turning Point,” USA, World Premiere
“The War Show Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon,” Denmark/Finland/Syria, North American Premiere
“Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life,” Fariborz Kamkari, Italy, International Premiere
“The Autopsy of Jane Doe,” André Øvredal, USA World Premiere
“Blair Witch,” Adam Wingard, USA, World Premiere
“Dog Eat Dog,” Paul Schrader, USA, North American Premiere
“Free Fire,” Ben Wheatley, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Girl With All the Gifts,” Colm McCarthy, United Kingdom, North American Premiere
“Headshot,” Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto, Indonesia, World Premiere
“Rats Morgan,” Morgan Spurlock, USA, World Premiere
“Raw (Grave),” Julia Ducournau, France/Belgium, International Premiere
“Sadako vs. Kayako,” Kōji Shiraishi, Japan, International
“The Bad Batch Ana Lily Amirpour,” USA, North American Premiere
“Blind Sun Joyce,” A. Nashawati, France/Greece, North American Premiere
“Buster’s Mal Heart,” Sarah Adina Smith, USA, World Premiere
“Colossal,” Nacho Vigalondo, Canada, World Premiere
“Godspeed,” Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan, World Premiere
“I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House,” Osgood Perkins, Canada/USA, World Premiere
“Interchange,” Dain Iskandar Said, Malaysia/Indonesia, North American Premiere
“Message from the King,” Fabrice Du Welz, United Kingdom/France/Belgium, World Premiere
“My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea,” Dash Shaw, USA, World Premiere
“Prevenge,” Alice Lowe, United Kingdom, North American Premiere
“The Untamed (La región salvaje),” Amat Escalante, Mexico/Denmark/France/Germany/Norway/Switzerland, North American Premiere
“WITHOUT NAME,” Lorcan Finnegan, Ireland, World Premiere
Fourth wave of Films announced including respectively Galas, Special Presentations, Masters, City to City and Contemporary World Cinema Programmes:
“Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” Joseph Cedar, USA/Israel, International Premiere
“The Promise,” Terry George, USA/Spain, World Premiere
“(Re)Assignment,” Walter Hill, Canada, World Premiere
“150 Milligrams (La Fille de Brest),” Emmanuelle Bercot, France, World Premiere
“The Bleeder,” Philippe Falardeau, USA, North American Premiere
“Brain on Fire,” Gerard Barrett, Ireland/Canada, World Premiere
“Burn Your Maps,” Jordan Roberts, USA/Mongolia, World Premiere
“Christine,” Antonio Campos, USA, Canadian Premiere
“The Duelist,” Alexey Mizgirev, Russia, World Premiere
“The Exception,” David Leveaux, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“I, Daniel,” Blake Ken Loach, United Kingdom/France/Belgium, North American Premiere
“In Dubious Battle,” James Franco, USA, North American Premiere
“The Long Excuse (Nagai Iiwake),” Miwa Nishikawa, Japan, World Premiere
“Rage,” Sang-il Lee, Japan, World Premiere
“Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey,” Terrence Malick, Germany, North American Premiere
“Wakefield,” Robin Swicord, USA, International Premiere
“After the Storm,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan North, American Premiere
“Afterimage (Powidoki),” Andrzej Wajda, Poland, World Premiere
“The Bait (Tope),” Buddhadeb Dasgupta, India, World Premiere
“The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (Les Beaux Jours d’Aranjuez),” Wim Wenders, France/Germany, North American Premiere
“Certain Women,” Kelly Reichardt, USA, Canadian Premiere
“Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare),” Gianfranco Rosi, Italy/France, Canadian Premiere
“Graduation (Bacalaureat),” Cristian Mungiu, Romania, Canadian Premiere
“Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France/Chad, North American Premiere
“J: Beyond Flamenco (JOTA),” Carlos Saura, Spain, World Premiere
“Julieta,” Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, North American Premiere
“Land of the Gods (Dev Bhoomi),” Goran Paskaljević, India/Serbia, World Premiere
“Ma’ Rosa Brillante,” Ma Mendoza, Philippines, North American Premiere
“The Net (Geumul),” Kim Ki-duk, South Korea, North American Premiere
“Never Ever (À jamais),” Benoît Jacquot, France/Portugal, North American Premiere
“Once Again (Pinneyum),” Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India, International Premiere
“Personal Shopper,” Olivier Assayas, France, North American Premiere
“A Quiet Passion,” Terence Davies, United Kingdom/Belgium, North American Premiere
“Safari,” Ulrich Seidl, Austria, American Premiere
“Sieranevada,” Cristi Puiu, Romania, North American Premiere
“Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni),” Marco Bellocchio, Italy, North American Premiere
“The Unknown Girl (La Fille inconnue),” Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium/France, North American Premiere
“Yourself and Yours (Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot),” Hong Sang-soo, South Korea, World Premiere
“76,” Izu Ojukwu, Nigeria, World Premiere
“93 Days,” Steve Gukas, Nigeria, World Premiere
“The Arbitration,” Niyi Akinmolayan, Nigeria, International Premiere
“Green White Green,” Abba Makama, Nigeria, World Premiere
“Just Not Married,” Uduak-Obong Patrick, Nigeria, International Premiere
“Okafor’s Law,” Omoni Oboli, Nigeria, World Premiere
“Oko Ashewo (Taxi Driver),” Daniel Emeke Oriahi, Nigeria, North American Premiere
“The Wedding Party,” Kemi Adetiba, Nigeria, World Premiere
“A Decent Woman (Los Decentes),” Lukas Valenta Rinner, Austria/South Korea/Argentina, North American Premiere
“After Love (L’économie du couple),” Joachim Lafosse, France/Belgium, North American Premiere
“The Animal’s Wife (La Mujer del Animal),” Víctor Gaviria, Colombia, International Premiere
“Apprentice,” Boo Junfeng, Singapore/Germany/France/Hong Kong/Qatar, North American Premiere
“Aquarius,” Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil/France, North American Premiere
“Ayiti Mon Amour,” Guetty Felin, Haiti/USA, International Premiere
“Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (Al Ma’ wal Khodra wal Wajh al Hassan),” Yousry Nasrallah, Egypt, North American Premiere
“Clair Obscur (Tereddüt),” Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkey/Germany/Poland/France, World Premiere
“Death in Sarajevo (Smrt u Sarajevu),” Danis Tanović, Bosnia and Herzegovina/France, North American Premiere
“Ember (Kor),” Zeki Demirkubuz, Turkey/Germany, International Premiere
“The Fixer (Fixeur),” Adrian Sitaru, Romania/France, World Premiere
“Handsome Devil,” John Butler, Ireland, World Premiere
“Heaven Will Wait (Le ciel attendra),” Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, France, North American Premiere
“In Between (Bar Bahr),” Maysaloun Hamoud, Israel/France, World Premiere
“Indivisible (Indivisibili),” Edoardo de Angelis, Italy, International Premiere
“Marie Curie, The Courage of Knowledge,” Marie Noëlle, Germany/France/Poland, World Premiere
“Mister Universo,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Austria/Italy, North American Premiere
“Past Life,” Avi Nesher, Israel, World Premiere
“The Patriarch (Mahana),” Lee Tamahori, New Zealand, North American Premiere
“Pyromaniac (Pyromanen),” Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway, International Premiere
“The Rehearsal,” Alison Maclean, New Zealand, North American Premiere
“The Road to Mandalay,” Midi Z, Taiwan/Myanmar/France/Germany, North American Premiere
“Santa & Andres (Santa y Andrés),” Carlos Lechuga, Cuba/Colombia/France, World Premiere
“Soul on a String,” Zhang Yang, China, International Premiere
“Tamara and the Ladybug (Tamara y la Catarina),” Lucía Carreras, Mexico/Spain, World Premiere
“Tramps,” Adam Leon, USA, World Premiere
“Vaya,” Akin Omotoso, South Africa, World Premiere
“We Are Never Alone (Nikdy nejsme sami),” Petr Vaclav, Czech Republic/France, North American Premiere
“The Wedding Ring (Zin’naariyâ!),” Rahmatou Keïta, Niger/Burkina Faso/France, World Premiere
“The Women’s Balcony (Ismach Hatani),” Emil Ben Shimon, Israel, World Premiere
“Zaćma: Blindness Ryszard Bugajski,” Poland, World Premiere
“Zoology (Zoologiya),” Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Russia/France/Germany, North American Premiere
Individual Tickets for TIFF ’16 go on-sale on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 9:00 AM here. Bookmark that link!
TIFF ’16 takes over the City Thursday, September 8, 2016 through Sunday, September 18, 2016.
We’ll see you there!
(Photo credit: Fox Searchlight, Focus Features, Elevation Pictures, eOne Films)
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No it’s not a rumour, SNOWDEN the Movie really exists and after some delays, we’re finally getting the official Trailer!
Synopsis:
Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.
Watch:
Elevation Pictures release SNOWDEN Friday, September 16, 2016. TIFF ’16, anyone?
(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)
Umm… can we go to Cannes? The lineup for the prestigious Film Festival has been revealed and this year 49 titles from 28 countries will be making their way to the Croisette May 11-12, 2016. The Festival is seen as a precursor to some of the Films that will be seen Awards Season as contenders and also in our City, TIFF this September?
Among the highlights are Woody Allen‘s latest, Café Society, which re-teams once again Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg. The Film is about a young man in the ’30s who goes to Paris looking to work in Film, but he falls in love and is swept away by the café society. It opens the Festival.
Unlike other years, no Closing Night Film was announced. Like TIFF, they will re-screen the winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or.
American Honey from Andrea Arnold (Transparent), is a British Film about a group of young people who travel the U.S. selling magazine subscriptions and the antics they get into. Shia Labeouf and Riley Keough star.
Elle is the latest from Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Basic Instinct) and it centers around a video game company executive who gets attacked in her own home. She devotes her energies into finding her assailant and what results is much like an unpredictable video game.
Canada is well-represented by festival darling Xavier Dolan‘s latest, It’s Only the End of the World. It centers on a man who returns home to tell his family he’s dying. It stars Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard and Léa Seydoux.
Visionary Pedro Almodóvar returns to the festival circuit with his latest Julieta, which follows the life of a woman on the verge of madness and her life 30 years prior when things were grand.
Loving from Jeff Nichols follows an interracial couple who go to prison for being in love in 1958. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star.
Jim Jarsmusch returns with his latest, Paterson, about a bus driver who dabbles in poetry. Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Adam Driver stars.
Sean Penn directs The Last Face, starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, both aid workers who fall in love in a war-torn Liberia.
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) returns with The Handmaiden, about an heiress who falls for a thief.
Nicolas Winding Refn is developing a reputation for stylish, unconventional and polarizing Films and he returns with The Neon Demon, starring Elle Fanning as a supermodel whom is preyed upon by her rivals.
Personal Shopper stars Kristen Stewart as a young woman working as a shopper for a celebrity. Olivier Assayas directs.
Screening out of competition, meaning they are not competing for the Palme d’Or, are Jodie Foster‘s New York-filmed Money Monster starring Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Jack O’Connell. Steven Spielberg‘s eagerly-awaited Roald Dahl adaptation, The BFG also premieres. The Nice Guys by Shane Black, stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe – a pair of almost-cops who bend the rules surrounding a missing girl’s investigation.
(Photo credit: Warner Bros.)
Directed by Peter Berg, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich, we’re expecting big things of DEEPWATER HORIZON. Maybe even a TIFF ’16 Premiere? We’ll see! We saw the Trailer a couple months ago and are happy to share it finally with you!
Synopsis:
Based on the true events that occurred on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, the story chronicles the courage of those who worked on the Deepwater Horizon and the extreme moments of bravery and survival in the face of what would become one of the biggest man-made disasters in world history.
See the Trailer:
Artwork:
Elevation Pictures release DEEPWATER HORIZON Friday, September 30, 2016.
(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)
It seems as though everything was taking place in Toronto this weekend! While attention was focused on the NBA All-Star Weekend, TIFF also was hosting the Next Wave Film Festival for young Movie Lovers!
Closing Night Gala SING STREET marked the end of the Festival, programmed for youth by youth. The well-reviewed Sundance hit is about an Irish teen who leaves his hometown to start a band in London during the 80s. The autobiographical Musical Comedy by Writer/Director John Carney, stars Ferdia Walsh-Peelo who is being touted as a big breakout star and a Musician in his own right. In addition to introducing his Film tonight at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Walsh-Peelo also did a Q&A, performing selections from Sing Street acoustically. He tells me outside Gabby’s, he’s used to performing with the five-piece band from the Film, so tonight was a bit unique doing it on his own.
See our Snap with Walsh-Peelo who has been in town on the coldest weekend ever to promote his Film!
See the Trailer:
Elevation Pictures release SING STREET, release date to be announced.
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)
In honour of TIFF‘s 40th anniversary this year, TIFF Bell Lightbox is hosting an exhibition celebrating love of celebrity.
On the fourth floor of the building is an exhibition which takes place through April 2016. It is comprised of scrapbook collections of German-born Edith Nadajewsky, photographs by Russian-born Jack Pashkovsky and snaps from the Festival’s archives since its modest days to the full-fledged Red Carpet extravaganza it has become.
Long before Celeb Selfies existed, some were more modest and content just to see and admire the greats!
Never intended to be seen by a wider audience, these pieces and photographs now are available for the public to reminisce about and admire. Snaps of literally everyone from Brad to Cher to Marilyn are displayed throughout the space.
Some Snaps of the Exhibit:
For more, visit here.
It would be a dream to have our thousands of Selfies on display one day at the Lightbox! We can always dream…
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)
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